Landrum, Florida
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34452. The Survey maps it on the Lecanto quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1895 USGS Tsala Apopka quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Lecanto quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Landrum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,691 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 28 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SINGLE PINE (09) |
| 14 September 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | CROSSROADS (09) |
| 14 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KICKOFF (09) |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 09/WINDROW FIRE/0856 |
| 5 August 1996 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Landrum: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Fullers Earth. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Rock Industries - Diamond Hill | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - Brooksville Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Fullers Earth Prospect | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Fullers Earth Prospect | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Storey Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Aggregate Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Aggregate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Landrum in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Lightning | Landrum | $173,000 | A newspaper reported that a lightning strike caused a fire to a home in Hernando. The residents were not home, and fire crews quickly put out the fire, however, the newspaper reported that damage was estimated at $172,750. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Big Hammock (historical) | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Floral City | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Jumeau | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Inverness | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Sugarmill Woods | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Pineola | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Arlington | 8.0 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295402. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








